French Far Right Leagues - Far Right Leagues, Croix-de-Feu, Faisceau, Camelots Du Roi, Ligue Des Patriotes, Mouvement Franciste (Paperback)

Chapters: Far Right Leagues, Croix-De-Feu, Faisceau, Camelots Du Roi, Ligue Des Patriotes, Mouvement Franciste, Antisemitic League of France, Solidarit Fran aise, Jeunesses Patriotes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Far right leagues (Ligues d'extr me droite) were several French far right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicated themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ligue was often used in the 1930s to distinguish these political movements from parliamentary parties. After having appeared first at the end of the 19th century, during the Dreyfus Affair, they were common in France in the 1920s-1930s, and famously participated in the 6 February 1934 riots which overthrew the second Cartel des gauches (a center-left coalition government). For a long time, the French left wing had been convinced that these riots had been an attempted coup d' tat against the Republic. Although contemporary historians have shown that, despite the riots and the effective overthrow of the governing left wing, there had been no organized plan to overthrow Edouard Daladier's Radical-Socialist government, this belief led to the creation of the anti-fascist movement in France, and later to the dissolving of these leagues in 1936 by the Popular Front government headed by L on Blum. The debate on a "French Fascism" is closely related to the existence of these anti-parliamentary leagues, of which many adopted at least the exterior signs and rituals of fascism (Roman salute, etc.) and explicitly imitated on one hand Mussolini's squadristis or, on the other hand, Hitler's Nazi party's organization one should bear in mind, when analyzing "French fascism," international relations: in the 1930s, conservative pres...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6028755